It seems that not even the most passionate of kisses can make a person’s heart beat as fast as the sensation of chocolate melting on the tongue.
And, scientists at the private research company The Mind Lab have the scientific data to prove their point.
As a part of their experiment, a team of researchers led by neurophysiologist Dr David Lewis hooked up the hearts and heads of a group of 12 volunteers to electrodes who were then asked to taste pieces of dark chocolate before kissing their partners.
They found that chocolate produces a buzz that lasts up to four times as long as an embrace with that special someone, with the number of heartbeats per minute more than doubling from a resting rate of 60 to as much as 140.
Dr Lewis admits that the results did come as a bit of a surprise.
"These results really surprised and intrigued us. While we fully expected chocolate - especially dark chocolate - to increase heart rates due to the fact it contains some highly stimulating substances, both the length of the increase together with the powerful effects it had on the mind were something none of us had anticipated," the Daily Mail quoted him, as saying.
The study revealed that, at the point chocolate melts in the mouth, all regions of the brain receive a boost far more intense and longer lasting than the excitement produced by kissing.
The researchers also noted that although the fairer sex is generally considered to be bigger chocoholics than men, both sexes showed the same response to chocolates, leading the team to conclude that ‘chocolate beats kissing hands down’.
"There is no doubt that chocolate beats kissing hands down when it comes to providing a long-lasting body and brain buzz - a buzz that, in many cases, lasted four times as long as the most passionate kiss," Dr Lewis added.
Chocolate contains a number of substances that give 'natural highs', including phenylethylamine, which is produced by the body when people are in love, and theobromine.
Therefore to conclude I give you...125 reasons why chocolate is better than sex
1 The average piece of chocolate is at least six inches long.
2 Chocolates stay hard for a week.
3 Chocolate won't tell you size doesn't count.
4 Chocolates don't get too excited.
5 A chocolate never suffers from performance anxiety.
6 Chocolates are easy to pick up.
7 You can fondle chocolates in a supermarket.
8 ...and you know how firm it is before you take it home.
9 Chocolates can get away any weekend.
10 With a chocolate you can get a single room.
11 ...and you won't have to check in as "MRS. Chocolate".
12 A chocolate will always respect you in the morning.
13 You can go to the movie with a chocolate ... and see the movie.
14 At a drive-in, you can stay in the front seat.
15 Chocolate can always wait until you get home.
16 A chocolate won't eat all the popcorn.
17 ... or send you out for Milk Duds.
18 A chocolate won't drag you to a John Wayne film festival.
19 A chocolate won't ask: "Am I the first!"
20 Chocolates don't care if you are a virgin.
21 Chocolates won't tell other chocolates you're a virgin.
22 Chocolates won't tell anyone your not a virgin anymore.
23 With chocolates, you don't have to be a virgin more than once.
24 Chocolates won't write your name and number on the men's room wall.
25 Chocolates don't have sex hangups.
26 Chocolates won't make you wear kinky clothes.
27 Chocolates won't go to bed with boots on.
28 Chocolates aren't into rope or leather.
29 You can have as many chocolates as you can handle.
30 You only eat chocolates when you feel like it.
31 Chocolates never need a round of applause.
32 Chocolates won't ask: Am I the best? How was it?
33 Chocolates aren't jealous of your Gynecologist, or hair dresser.
34 A chocolate won't want to join your support group.
35 A chocolate never wants to improve your mind.
36 Chocolates aren't into meaningful conversations.
37 Chocolates won't ask about your last lover...
38 ...or speculate about your next one.
39 A chocolate will never make a scene because there are other chocolates
in the refrigerator.
40 A chocolate won't mind hiding in the refrigerator when your mother comes.
41 No matter how old you are, you can always get a fresh chocolate.
42 Chocolates can handle rejection.
43 A chocolate won't pout if you have a headache.
44 A chocolate won't care what time of the month it is.
45 A chocolate never wants to get it on when your nails are wet.
46 A chocolate won't give it up for lent.
47 With a chocolate, you never have to say you're sorry.
48 Chocolates don't leave whisker burns, fall asleep on
your chest, or drool on the pillow.
49 A chocolate won't give you a hickey.
50 Chocolates can stay up all night...
51 ...and you won't have to sleep in the wet spot.
Afterwards, A chocolate won't:
52 ...want to shake hands and be friends.
53 ...say, "I'll call you a cab."
54 ...tell you he's not the marrying kind.
55 ...call his mother, ex-wife, or therapist.
56 ...take you to confession.
57 Chocolates don't leave you wondering for a month.
58 Chocolates won't make you go to the drugstore.
59 Chocolates won't tell you a vasectomy will ruin it for them.
60 A chocolate a day keeps the OB-GYN away.
61 A chocolate won't work your crossword with ink.
62 A chocolate isn't allergic to your cat.
63 With chocolates, you don't have to play Florence Nightingale during
the flu season.
64 Chocolates never answer your phone or borrow your car.
65 A chocolate won't eat all your food or drink all your liquor.
66 A chocolate doesn't turn your bathroom into a library.
67 Chocolates won't go through your medicine chest.
68 A chocolate doesn't use your toothbrush, roll-on, or hairspray.
69 Chocolates won't leave hair on the sink or a ring in the tub.
70 Chocolates don't leave dirty shorts on the floor.
71 A chocolate never fogets to flush the toilet.
72 A chocolate doesn't flush the toilet while you are taking a shower.
73 With a chocolate, the toilet seat is always the way you left it.
74 Chocolate don't compare you to a centerfold.
75 Chocolates don't tell you they liked you better with long hair.
A chocolate will never leave you...
76 ...for another woman.
77 ...for another man.
78 ...for another chocolate.
79 A chocolate will never call and say, "I have to work late, honey."
80 ...and then come home smelling like another woman.
81 A chocolate never snaps your bra, pinches your butt or gives you a snuggy.
82 You always know where your chocolate has been.
83 A chocolate never has to call "the wife."
84 Chocolates never have mid-life crises.
85 A chocolate won't leave you for a cheerleader or an ex- nun.
86 Chocolates don't play the guitar and try to find themselves.
You won't find out later that your chocolate...
87 ...is married.
88 ...is on penicillin.
89 ...likes you, but loves your brother.
90 A chocolate doesn't have softball practice on the day you move.
91 Chocolates never tell you what they did on R&R.
92 A chocolate won't ask for a promotion just when you're up for a promotion.
93 Chocolates don't care if you make more money than they do.
94 A chocolate won't wear a leisure suit to your office christmas party.
95 You don't have to wait until halftime to talk to your chocolate.
96 A chocolate won't leave town on new year's eve.
97 A chocolate won't take you to a disco and dump you for a flashy outfit.
98 Chocolates never want to take you home to Mom.
99 A chocolate doesn't care if you always spend the holidays with your family.
100 A chocolate won't ask to be put throught Med school.
101 A chocolate won't tell you he's outgrown you intellectually.
102 Chocolates never expect you to have little chocolates.
103 Chocolates don't say "Lets keep trying until we have a boy."
104 A chocolate won't insist the little chocolates be raised Catholic, Jewish,
or orthodox vegetarian.
105 A chocolate will never contest a divorce, demand a property settlement or
seek custody of anything.
106 It's easy to drop a chocolate.
107 You can GET chocolate
108 "If you love me, you'll swallow that" has real meaning with chocolate.
109 Chocolate satisfies even when it has gone soft.
110 You can safely have chocolate while you are driving.
111 You can make chocolate last as long as you want it to.
112 You can have chocolate even in front of your mother.
113 If you bite the nuts too hard the chocolate won't mind.
114 Two people of the same sex can have chocolate without being called
nasty names.
115 The word "commitment" doesn't scare off chocolate.
116 You can have chocolate on top of your workbench/desk during working
hours without upsetting your work mates.
117 You can ask a stranger for chocolate without getting your face slapped.
118 You don't get hairs in your mouth with chocolate.
119 With chocolate there's no need to fake it.
120 Chocolate doesn't make you pregnant.
121 You can have chocolate at any time of the month.
122 Good chocolate is easy to find.
123 You can never be too young or too old for chocolate.
124 When you have chocolate it does not keep your neighbors awake.
125 With chocolate size doesn't matter; its always good!
and 20 more reasons
You can GET chocolate.
"If you love me you'll swallow that" has real meaning with chocolate.
Chocolate satisfies even when it has gone soft.
You can safely have chocolate while you are driving.
You can make chocolate last as long as you want it to.
You can have chocolate even in front of your mother.
If you bite the nuts too hard the chocolate won't mind.
Two people of the same sex can have chocolate without being called nasty names.
The word "commitment" doesn't scare off chocolate.
You can have chocolate on top of your workbench/desk during working hours without upsetting your co-workers.
You can ask a stranger for chocolate without getting your face slapped.
You don't get hairs in your mouth with chocolate.
With chocolate there's no need to fake it.
Chocolate doesn't make you pregnant.
You can have chocolate at any time of the month.
Good chocolate is easy to find.
You can have as many kinds of chocolate as you can handle.
You are never too young or too old for chocolate.
When you have chocolate it does not keep your neighbors awake.
With chocolate size doesn't matter.
Calories.
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Just don't feed any to your dog unless you want his inheritance!!
ReplyDeleteMy dog used to love kit-kat .
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't eat it anymore .
But the family was horrified to learn that chocolates are deadly to dogs .
(he is still alive , thank god !)
whoa! i didn't know that! (i usually feed any dog anything i eat, and luckily i don't have one right now. the one my folks have ate junk food with me. it salivated uncontrollably all over the place for weeks.)
ReplyDeleteFYI, I learned of that from a forwarded e-mail. (That's why I don't write off forwarded mails, except for the kind that tells me to forward same to ten other people for luck, otherwise I get lightninged. haha )
ReplyDeletei guess now we know vikas will do everything in his power to keep chocolates away from his girl. lol!! ^_^
ReplyDeleteTrue !, no chocolates for my gal...
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